So I am obsessed with my picking skin on my feet. Any suggestions for how to heal the skin? Any thoughts on Retinol or other products?

I’m coming on here because I feel alone in dealing with this…. I’ve been picking at my lips for like 6 years now and I want to stop but i can’t. I started picking my scalp first when I was 16yo and then I stopped and moved onto picking at my lips. It started one day that I got a cold sore on my bottom and then it scabbed and I kept picking and picking at the scab and now i can’t stop. I have peeled off part of the skin on my lip that I keep peeling every time it’s starting to heal. It so satisfying to feel that dry skin come off my lips but then i instantly regret it once I draw blood once and then I feel so disgusting and ugly and ashamed.

I use aquaphor every single day and it still doesn’t help because I’m back at it again picking. It consume my thoughts. All I can think about is how ugly my lips must look and thinking people are probably judging my lips as I’m talking to them. Sometimes I don’t even want to kiss my partner because I’m worried that my lips feel too rough from the scabbing and because of that my partner thinks I’m not attracted to them anymore or something. On top of all that I’m already super insecure about my lips because they are pretty thin. I don’t know what to do. Does anyone have any advice? I know there’s bigger problems in this world and me tripping about my lips should be the least of my worries but it’s so fucking hard to stop thinking about this.

I have OCD about biting my mouth. I bite the outside of my lips, and I bite the inside of my mouth, usually it's hurt and bleeding, especially when I’m stressed (and when my mouth is hurt, I get more stressed and the OCD gets worse).

The problem is that I’m ashamed of it, it’s ugly and unpleasant to look at, but I can’t stop, so I have the habit of wearing lipstick all the time to cover the wounds.
I know that people notice the wounds, and it is embarrassing

This started about 10 years ago when I was in puberty and stopped biting my nails, I just replaced the OCD. Before the nail-biting OCD, I was a stutterer (due to stress too).

I feel like I will only be able to stop this mouth OCD if I replace it with something else. Therapy hasn’t helped, and I’m afraid of having more serious injuries from repetitive wounds in the same place. I’ve consulted doctors, and anxiety medications don’t work (I have many side effects).

Ideally, I’d have a bitter lipstick and a bitter nail polish (because, in addition to biting, I also tear the skin of my mouth with my nails).

Does anyone relate or know someone with this OCD?

i’ve been dealing with skin picking since middle school, and the scars have always been a reminder of how bad it got. it’s been hard to break the habit when my skin looks so uneven, so i decided to try microneedling at beso aesthetics. ngl, i was scared at first because my skin’s super sensitive, but the results are good. my scars are fading, my skin texture is smoother, and weirdly enough, having clearer skin makes me less tempted to pick.

anyone else notice that when your skin looks better, it’s easier to stop?

i’ve been dealing with skin picking since middle school, and the scars have always been a reminder of how bad it got. it’s been hard to break the habit when my skin looks so uneven, so i decided to try microneedling at beso aesthetics. ngl, i was scared at first because my skin’s super sensitive, but the results are good. my scars are fading, my skin texture is smoother, and weirdly enough, having clearer skin makes me less tempted to pick.

anyone else notice that when your skin looks better, it’s easier to stop?

Any blemishes on my face, spots, blackheads, dry skin… my brain just can’t let it go 😭 I’m here I guess because I don’t know what to do anymore. I’ve picked and popped for as long as I can remember, whether I’m stressed or anxious, or even seemingly without reason. I just can’t stand there being any texture in my skin even though I know most people don’t notice an odd spot.

I think it stems from being told that I was spotty all the time and a sharp “Don’t pick!!’ Followed by my arm being firmly grabbed by my well-meaning, but unhelpful, grandparents.

Sometimes I managed a few days or even a week or so without piCkInG. But I just really want clear skin, I’m bored of the breakouts or feeling like my blackheads are black beacons on my face, that any tiny lump might be a pimple ready to pop.

Any advice would be hugely appreciated, wether it’s distraction tactics or therapy I don’t care I just know that I need help and I’m scared my face is already ruined.

So I have been picking my skin for well over 6 years now and have visibly scaring, mainly the arms, I get bruising a lot as well. I do it when im stressed, anxious or even bored. Im stuck, it is destroying my skin. It's painful and I am so tired of having to hide my arms, I don't know how to overcome this.

Any advice would be much appreciated!

Hello! I’m desperately trying to heal spots on my face. They like blisters filled with fluid, which is by itself a huge trigger for me. I keep trying not to squeeze it but… it’s so hard! I tried neosporin and only see that it’s not making it better but the opposite, spots appear more swollen and irritated. I can’t imagine putting hydrocolloidal stickers without pulling the skin afterwards, when need to remove. Any ideas at all as to what can be done? Appreciate any help, guys!!❤️

I've been picking at my fingers and scabs since I was 4 years old (I'm now in college). My parents have always scolded me and given me a hard time for doing it. And it's often that I'll just be in pain doing anything with my fingers because of how raw they are.

I wish I knew how to stop. I've tried so many things and so I'm here looking for help really.

I was diagnosed with anxiety and depression when I was about 14 and since then I've been gradually improving. I could say that I'm now just about depression and anxiety free, but the skin picking didn't go away with it. So that leads me to think it's separate from all of that.

By that logic, any antianxiety or antidepressants I went on never helped either. I have tried using things like stress balls and other fidget things, but nothing gives that same satisfaction as peeling off layers and layers of skin.

I really want to stop. I hardly have fingerprints anymore and it's hard to write essays when typing hurts.

If anyone has any suggestions I'd really love to hear them. Thanks for reading this far if you did <3

man it just makes me sad because for the last 8 years I’ve pretty much been nonstop picking and always had redness or scars on my face… I just wonder what my face looks like underneath it all it’s been so long since I’ve seen it clear😕

I was wondering what behavioral tranings people here did as advised by their therapists because I can't afford one right now.

I started in highschool in 2006. It' typical for teenagers to get acne but the difference is I can't stop picking my face. It needs to be flat so I will pick any bumps even if it turns into a wound and then into a scar. Since my acne was terrible it means that I have a lot to pick and I became famous as the girl who has lots of wounds and brown spots on her face.

My acne improved as years past because I eventually learned skincare but my condition never stopped. Every bump will be squeezed, turned into a wound and then a brown spot.

I have spent my whole life with occcasional brown spots or wounds on my face. I have atropic scars especially on my nose which is my worse insecurity. My body was not safe especially my back, chest, shoulders and butt.

I have never been in a relationship because of these insecurities thinking that every one will be grossed out which is what the typical reaction I get from people. I can never go out without lots of foundation and concealer just to hide my brown spots.

I sometimes try to stop myself. Covering my wounds in patches. Buying gloves. But I came to a point that I once tried to stop picking a pimple and my hands literally shook like an alcoholic having a withdrawal.

I don't know what to do anymore I feel like I'm going to grow old alone.